[SET]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: Seismic Toss
move 2: Soft-Boiled
move 3: Teleport
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave / Heal Bell
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Regenerator / Magic Bounce
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Blissey is able to check virtually every special attacker while also gaining momentum by pivoting with Teleport. Blissey can utilize Regenerator to function as a long-lasting special wall and offset its natural passivity with frequent pivoting or opt for Magic Bounce to block entry hazards and status moves such as Toxic and Taunt. Seismic Toss is Blissey's only attacking option and allows it to avoid being completely crippled by Taunt. Soft-Boiled provides Blissey with instant recovery and can help stall out opponents, although the Regenerator set usually prefers to recover health by pivoting. Teleport allows Blissey to slow pivot to bring in other team members that can deal with the present threat and has excellent synergy with Regenerator, allowing it to survive late into matches and spend fewer turns recovering. Blissey's 4th move slot is flexible and can be filled according to team needs. Toxic is useful to chip down switch-ins, while Thunder Wave cripples attackers such as Tapu Lele and Genesect. Heal Bell provides cleric support to bulkier teams; however, this leads to Blissey being even more passive. Maximum HP and Defense EVs allow Blissey to improve its poor physical bulk, while a Calm nature improves the damage rolls from prominent special attackers such as Primordial Sea Inteleon and Primarina.
Blissey fits well on balance and bulky offense teams that benefit from its ability to check special attackers and pivot with slow Teleports. Frail offensive Pokemon such as Terrakion, Barraskewda, and Cinderace enjoy having Blissey as a teammate due to its ability to switch into special revenge killers including Triage Tapu Lele, as well as special Primordial Weather users such as Heatran and Zapdos. Blissey is very vulnerable to strong physical attackers such as Terrakion, Zarude, and Barraskewda; Corviknight, Tapu Fini, and Kommo-o are able to sponge physical attacks aimed at Blissey. It also struggles to properly deal with special pivots like Zapdos, Azelf, and Tapu Koko that are able to repeatedly bring in these powerful physical attackers. Blissey struggles to deal with Mold Breaker Heatran despite its role as a special wall because of Heatran's access to Taunt, (comma) which cripples Blissey; Blissey likes having secondary switch-ins such as Swampert on its teams to handle these threats. Blissey rarely beats Pokemon itself and can struggle with setup sweepers, so it appreciates having priority users such as Zarude and Tapu Lele on its team to pivot into.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Blissey can run four status moves, using Heal Bell, Stealth Rock, or another status move over Seismic Toss. Shed Shell can be used to easily switch out of Heatran, especially Taunt variants. Magic Guard is an option for Blissey that allows it to ignore passive damage and check Pokemon that frequently utilize it such as Heatran. Unaware used in conjunction with Counter can eliminate unsuspecting physical attackers.
Checks and Counters
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**Specials Pivots**: Special attackers that utilize pivot moves such as Azelf, Zapdos, and Tapu Koko can be hard for Blissey to handle. These are especially difficult for the Magic Bounce set as it loses the chance to recover.
**Setup Sweepers**: Pokemon such as Tapu Koko and Volcarona that use Magic Guard with setup are able to take advantage of Blissey's natural passivity, making them much more difficult to deal with.
**Heatran**: With the combination of Magma Storm and Taunt, Heatran can trap Blissey on the switch and KO it. The Mold Breaker sets can even do this to Magic Bounce Blissey.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[iapt, 539897]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [Osake, 524664]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
name: Defensive Pivot
move 1: Seismic Toss
move 2: Soft-Boiled
move 3: Teleport
move 4: Toxic / Thunder Wave / Heal Bell
item: Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers
ability: Regenerator / Magic Bounce
nature: Calm
evs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Blissey is able to check virtually every special attacker while also gaining momentum by pivoting with Teleport. Blissey can utilize Regenerator to function as a long-lasting special wall and offset its natural passivity with frequent pivoting or opt for Magic Bounce to block entry hazards and status moves such as Toxic and Taunt. Seismic Toss is Blissey's only attacking option and allows it to avoid being completely crippled by Taunt. Soft-Boiled provides Blissey with instant recovery and can help stall out opponents, although the Regenerator set usually prefers to recover health by pivoting. Teleport allows Blissey to slow pivot to bring in other team members that can deal with the present threat and has excellent synergy with Regenerator, allowing it to survive late into matches and spend fewer turns recovering. Blissey's 4th move slot is flexible and can be filled according to team needs. Toxic is useful to chip down switch-ins, while Thunder Wave cripples attackers such as Tapu Lele and Genesect. Heal Bell provides cleric support to bulkier teams; however, this leads to Blissey being even more passive. Maximum HP and Defense EVs allow Blissey to improve its poor physical bulk, while a Calm nature improves the damage rolls from prominent special attackers such as Primordial Sea Inteleon and Primarina.
Blissey fits well on balance and bulky offense teams that benefit from its ability to check special attackers and pivot with slow Teleports. Frail offensive Pokemon such as Terrakion, Barraskewda, and Cinderace enjoy having Blissey as a teammate due to its ability to switch into special revenge killers including Triage Tapu Lele, as well as special Primordial Weather users such as Heatran and Zapdos. Blissey is very vulnerable to strong physical attackers such as Terrakion, Zarude, and Barraskewda; Corviknight, Tapu Fini, and Kommo-o are able to sponge physical attacks aimed at Blissey. It also struggles to properly deal with special pivots like Zapdos, Azelf, and Tapu Koko that are able to repeatedly bring in these powerful physical attackers. Blissey struggles to deal with Mold Breaker Heatran despite its role as a special wall because of Heatran's access to Taunt, (comma) which cripples Blissey; Blissey likes having secondary switch-ins such as Swampert on its teams to handle these threats. Blissey rarely beats Pokemon itself and can struggle with setup sweepers, so it appreciates having priority users such as Zarude and Tapu Lele on its team to pivot into.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Blissey can run four status moves, using Heal Bell, Stealth Rock, or another status move over Seismic Toss. Shed Shell can be used to easily switch out of Heatran, especially Taunt variants. Magic Guard is an option for Blissey that allows it to ignore passive damage and check Pokemon that frequently utilize it such as Heatran. Unaware used in conjunction with Counter can eliminate unsuspecting physical attackers.
Checks and Counters
===================
**Specials Pivots**: Special attackers that utilize pivot moves such as Azelf, Zapdos, and Tapu Koko can be hard for Blissey to handle. These are especially difficult for the Magic Bounce set as it loses the chance to recover.
**Setup Sweepers**: Pokemon such as Tapu Koko and Volcarona that use Magic Guard with setup are able to take advantage of Blissey's natural passivity, making them much more difficult to deal with.
**Heatran**: With the combination of Magma Storm and Taunt, Heatran can trap Blissey on the switch and KO it. The Mold Breaker sets can even do this to Magic Bounce Blissey.
[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[iapt, 539897]]
- Quality checked by: [[UT, 523866], [Osake, 524664]]
- Grammar checked by: [[UT, 523866]]
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